Thursday, February 27, 2014

Lane withdraws from commission race

UPDATE: Jason Chandler, who is running for the 3rd
District County Commission seat, withdrew Thursday morning. That leaves, Randy
Smith and Billy Stephens, both Republicans, to vie for the seat. Candidates have until noon Thursday to formally withdraw,
and have their names removed from the ballot.

Rodney Lane, who is running for the 7th District
seat on the Knox County Commission, withdrew from the race this morning and
threw his support behind his friend, and now former opponent Charles Busler.

Lane, who works in the county’s Property Assessor’s Office,
said he would probably seek an elected office in the future, didn’t want to
compete against Busler, who got into the race late.

Now that Lane is out, only Busler, a deacon at Sharon
Baptist Church, and Bo Bennett, who ran unsuccessfully for the Knoxville
mayoral post a couple years ago, are left.

They will face off in the May 6 Republican primary. No
Democrats qualified to run, so the winner – barring a rare victory from a
write-in candidate will take office on Sept. 1.

1 comment:

the glass is usually half empty

My name is Mike Donila and I'm a reporter with WBIR in Knoxville, TN. I cover government. All politics is local, and mostly ridiculous. Travis Fain of Lucid Idiocy said that. He's a smart guy. This is my blog. The content ranges.